IPv6 Readiness Assessment Document

Table of Contents

1. IPV6 READINESS ASSESSMENT .. .................................................................. 21.1 IPv4 & IPv6 Plan ............................................................................................... 2

1.2 MPLS Core ....................................................................................................... 3

1.3 Mobile Network Architecture Topology............................................................. 6

1.3.1 Mobile Packet Core (GGSN, P/S Gateway, SGSN/MME) ............................7

1.4 Application Platform .........................................................................................9

1.5 Broadband .................................................................................... ................ 12

1.6 RAN (Radio Access Network) ....................................................................... 14

1.7 VOIP_SBC .................................................................................................... 15

1.8 Datacenter .................................................................................................... 16

1.9 NAT-PAT Security......................................................................................... 18

1.10 Network Management................................................................................. 21

1. IPv6 Readiness Assessment

The main objective of the below questionnaire is to gather information on the existing status of the various network scenarios in a Service Provider Domain and ensure the customer readiness for implementation and migration to IPv6.

1.1IPv4 & IPv6 Plan

Items Category Question Answer

1IPv4 Address IPv4 Address Block - public and private  

    % used and available IPv4 Address for Allocation      Infrastructure (bearer, signaling, OAM)      End users (mobiles, datacards etc.)      Any tactical plan for IPv4 preservation?         

2IPv6 Address

Have you applied for IPv6 block for end users/ subscribers  

   Have you applied for IPv6 block for infrastructure (Micro allocation)  

   Any IPv6 planning done so far, if yes provide details  

    IPv6 Address Block - Global Unicast and Multicast      Any Existing IPv6 Addressing Schema      IPv6 Addressing Requirements      IPv6 Address Block advertised to Internet         

3IPv6 service Any IPv6 service currently offered?  

   Any market research study for IPv6 end users service requirement  

    IPv6 service prioritization (dual stack, native IPv6)  

1.2 MPLS Core

Items Category Question Answer

1NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE Vendor (specify details of all vendor equipments)  

    Hardware Platform - PE, P routers      Software Version - PE, P routers      IPv6 Capability (Hardware and Software)         

2PHYSICAL TOPOLOGY Devices in the Core and Edge (Existing BOM)  

    Detailed Physical Connectivity (Link Type)  

   Underlying Physical Network like SDH, Ethernet, L2 Aggregation, etc.  

   PE-CE connectivity scenarios (Leased Line, MetroE Rings, DSL, etc)  

       

4ROUTING PROTOCOLS - IGP

What is IGP implementation in MPLS core. IPv4/ IPv6  

   Detailed IGP Design (Security, Convergence, Areas, Throttling)  

       

5 BGP BGP Design Details - RR, IBGP, EBGP and Upstream Peering  

    BGP IPv6 AFI (6PE)  

   Any IPv6 Internet Peering (National or International)  

       6 MPLS & VPN MPLS Design  

    PE-CE Protocols Deployed      MPLS TE Design - Link or Node Protection      L2 VPN or L3 VPN      BGP MPLS IPv6 L3 VPN (6VPE)  

    IPv4 & IPv6 IPsec based L3 VPN      VPN Deployment Model (Hub & Spoke)  

   MPLS ISP Peering Details for Inter-AS VPN or CSC services  

   Global or Unique Local IPv6 Addresses for VPN customers  

   CPEs Internet Access Requirements (IPv6 Proxy or Global Address or NAT)  

    MPLS DiffServ QoS Details for IPv4 and IPv6         

7 SERVICES Existing Service Portfolio      Existing Traffic Profiles and Applications      IPv6 Services      IPv6 Transition Mechanism      IPv4 QoS Design      IPv6 QoS Requirements      IPv6 Multicast Requirements      IPv6 Multicast Addressing Scheme      Managed or Unmanaged CPEs  

   Dedicated or Dual-stacked CPE Link for IPv6 Services  

    Network Security (TACACS, RADIUS)  

   Infrastructure Security (CoPP, uRPF, RTBH, Access Lists, Limit MAC Table Size, etc.)  

   Network Management (Netflow, Syslog, SNMP, NTP, etc.)  

   Any Specific Service Requirements (Performance, SLA, QoS, etc.)  

1.3Mobile Network Architecture Topology

1.3.1 Mobile Packet Core (GGSN, P/S Gateway, SGSN/MME)

Items Category Question Answer

 What is the existing mobile technology used?

3GPP(GPRS/UMTS) or 3GPP2 (CDMA) ? 2.5G, 3G, or combination ?  

       1 GGSN Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version (Rel8 or prior)      IPv6 capability/roadmap         

2 SGSN Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version (Rel8 or prior)      IPv6 capability         

3 P/S-GW Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version (Rel8)  

   IPv6 support for S11, S5, S8, Sgi, S1-U  

       4 MME Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version (Rel8)      IPv6 support for S11 , S1-C         

5 Mobile IP address IP address assignment for each APN  

   Local pool (GGSN maintain the local pool)  

   AAA (GGSN use AAA for authentication & IP address allocation)  

   DHCP (GGSN send HDCP query for IP address)  

    Statically assigned at the UE      Allocated from HLR/HSS         

6 APN & IPv6 requirement Broadband Datacards      Mobile handset      iPhone, Blackberry      Enterprise APN         

7 Mobile/PDA UE Vendor (List all vendors)      Type of phones (Models)  

   Supported PDP Types (IPv4 only, IPv4v6, IPv6 only)  

   Simultaneous V4 & V6 PDP support  

    Items Category Question Answer         

8 Datacards Vendor (List all vendors)      Software version (Rel8)  

   Supported PDP Types (IPv4 only, IPv4v6, IPv6 only)  

    Simultaneous V4 & V6 PDP support         

9 VRF VRF configuration on Gi or SGi         

10 Load balancerAny load balancer used in GGSN for load balancing  

       11 Roaming Roaming partners and IPv6 readiness  

    Is local breakout capability is used         

12 Deep Packet InspectionPolicy Control Enforcement Function (PCEF) implementation  

    Internal & external PCEF?      Layer-7 protocols for PCEF         

13 Performance Total sessions per APN  

   Impact of dual stack on number session  

       

14 Charging ReleaseWhat 3GPP charging release enabled on mobile gateways  

       

15 PDP TypeWhat are the PDP types planned to be used ? IPv4, IPv6, IPv4v6  

       

16Blackberry/Enterprise users

Any enterprise customers with/without IPsec used ?  

    Enterprise server IPv6 capability ?         

17Ane backend database servers ? Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap  

1.4 Application Platform

Items Category Question Answer1 DNS Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version      DNS64 capability/roadmap      Interworking of A & AAAA functionality         

2 DHCP (if used) Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap      is DHCPv6 planned to be used ?         

3 Policy (PCRF) Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 support on Gy      IPv6 support on Gx         

4 PCEF Policy Control Enforcement Platform (PCEF) vendor      Hardware platform      External/ internal PCEF      IPv6 support at Gx         

5 AAA Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap  

   capability to understand account records with IPv6 address  

       6 HLR Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap  

   Is HLR/HSS authentication used and IPv6 awareness of HLR/HSS  

       7 Billing Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap      what is the currently running 3GPP charging version  

   Any proprietary CDRs/TLVs used ? If so, please share details  

       8 Quota Server Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap  

   capability to handle prepaid users with IPv4, IPv6 addresses  

   Any local redirect webpage when the quota is exhausted ?  

              

1 WAP Wireless Access Platform (WAP) vendor      Hardware platform  

   Software release and IPv6 readiness on different protocols  

    Wireless datagram Protocol      Wireless Transection protocol      Wireless session protocol      Wireless Application environment      WAP Version - WAP 1.X, WAP2.0      WAP AAAA DNS query support      IPv6 charging support (WAP to billing collector)         

2 MMSC Multimedia Messaging System vendor      Hardware platform  

   Software capability to handle Multimedia message with IPv6 header  

    IPv6 support on different interfaces         

3 VMS Visual Voice Mail vendor      Hardware platform  

   Software capability - handling visual voice mail message with IPv6 header  

    IPv6 transport and Application layer support         

4 Lawful Intercept Hardware vendor      Software capability for IPv6         

 5 Data Accelerator Is Data accelerator used? Centralized or distributed (with mobile gateway)  

    Hardware vendor      Hardware platform      IPv6 transport and Application layer support       

       

6Moile/Streaming Video Application server vendor  

    Hardware platform  

   Software release and IPv6 readiness on different protocols  

    IPv6 charging support      Support of TCP/UDP over IPv6 in the server         

7

Any other internal services/portals offered ?

Live Camera, MAPs, local news, music audio (List all)  

    IPv6 capability ?      How is the charging done for these services ?         

8

Prepaid users quota replenish website IPv6 transport capability ?  

1.5 Broadband

Items Category Question Answer

1Network Infrastructure

e2e Touch points covering all the Vendor elements (specify details of all vendor equipments)  

   Hardware Platform - RG/CPE , DSLAM , BRAS , Transport (UPE/Agg/Core),  

    Software Version - PE, P routers      IPv6 Capability (Hardware and Software)         

2 Physical TopologyDevices in the Existing Broadband Setup covering all the e2e touch points (Existing BOM)  

    Detailed Physical Connectivity (Link Type)  

   Underlying Physical Network like Ethernet, L2 Aggregation, L3 Aggregation, ATM Aggregation etc.  

   BRAS connectivity (UNI-towards users/NNI--towards internet/network)  

       4 Services Current Residential Services Offered (HSI,

IPTV,VoD,VoIP etc) 

   Top-up services/On-Deamand/Hot-Spot/Value Add services ??  

   Each Service detail Topology covering all the touch points  

    Service Models (1:1 , N:1 VLAN )         

5 RG/CPE RG/CPE modes of operation (Routed , Bridged , Hybrid)  

   Physical Connectivity (UNI-Ethernet , WiFi ) (NNI -DSL,Ethernet ,PON , DOCSIS)  

    NAT Functionality (NAT44 etc)      QoS Capabilities (Policers,Queuing Models etc)         

6 BRAS/BNGDeployment Model (LAC , LNS , PTA , LTS , ISG --L2 Agg , L3 Agg , ATM-AGG )  

    Centralized or Distributed      HW Capabilities (HW based , CPU based )      Redundancy (Hot-Standby or Load-sharing)  

   Subscriber Facing Interface (Ethernet , Sub-interface , ATM etc)  

    PPP/IP Session  

   PPP Encapsulations (PPPoE , PPPoATM , PPPoEoVLAN , PPPoEoQinQ)  

   IP Encapsulations (IPoE over Ethernet , IPoEoVLAN , IPoEoqinq )  

   QoS Capabilities (Policers,Queuing Models ,x Level HQoS , PQ's etc)  

    IP Address Assignment (via Radius , DHCP etc)  

    Public Address Assigned or Private         

7 AAA Authentication Type (Radius/Local , CHAP/PAP)      Local Address Pool or downloaded      Radius Server Type (CAR , Merit , Livingstone etc)      Radius Attributes currently used      DHCP Server      Accounting         

8Billing / Policy/DB Servers Centralized or Distributed Billing  

   Billing Server details (vendor , HW , SW , Capabilities)  

    LDAP server ( user policy details)      Policy Engine Details      Mediation Server details      Web Portal Details      Data Base server details         

9 TransportCPE to BRAS Transport (Layer 2 , ATM , IP , MPLS )  

    Dual-Stack enabled on the edge devices  

   All vendors N/W elements existing BoM (including HW / SW)  

    Tunneling capabilities      Translation Capabilities (NAT44 , NAT444 etc)  

1.6 RAN (Radio Access Network)

Items Category Question Answer

1 RAN variations What are different types of RAN backhaul (Ethernet, Microwave, DSL, E1, Pseudowire)  

       

2 IP PlanExisting IPv4 Plan and usage summary in IP RAN (Public or private)  

   VLAN/subnet from each Node B to aggregation sites and RNC (OAM and Bearer+signalling)  

       

3QoS implementation

Existing QoS mechanism implemented in RAN -Classification, marking, queuing/policing  

    Bandwidth per RNC (~800 mbps or higher)  

   DSCP marking based on QCI (eNodeB) and queuing mechanism to route packets  

       

4 Routing Is there any routing in IP-RAN or point to point connectivity  

    Is there plan for implementing dual-stack in IP-RAN  

1.7 VOIP_SBCItems Category Question Answer

1 SBC Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap      BHCA supported      IPv4 NAT implementation      Voice/video/VOD functions  

   Number of edge devices controlled  

    SBC package details         

2 IMS Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap      Access to internet      IP address details         

3Voice Gateway Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap      SIP trunk details      Other voice trunk details      IP addressing scheme         

4 Video/VOD Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap  

1.8 Datacenter

Building Block Architecture

Items Category Question Answer1 Load Balancer Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap      Virtual Loadbalancer implementation      Number of vip address      Number of servers  

   Number of server private IP address subnets  

    Server probes details         

2Layer 2 switches details Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version  

   IPv6 capability/roadmap for management access  

    Number of vlans  

   IPv6 support for layer-2 protocols - STP, vPC, HSRP, VRRP etc.  

       

3Layer 3 protocols

Routing protocls used in the datacenter (OSPF, ISIS etc.)  

    IPv6 support for routing protocols  

   VRF configuration - IPv6 capability inside VRF's  

    IPv6 capability/roadmap      Virtual Device Contexts (VDC)  

4SAN switch details Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap      FcOE roadmap      ISCSI based storage like netapp         

5Datacenter interconnect

Data center interconnect details between Primary Data Center and Backup Data Center  

   Geo-location Application load balancing (DNS, AAA, any other mobile Apps)  

    Routed or switched DCI details  

1.9 NAT-PAT Security

Items Category Question Answer1 security architecture Number of firewalls and multiple

inspection pointsSP infrastructure security from end user devicesSP infrastructure security from internet, external partnersImplementation of SP security framework

Security techniques used in following area

Identity

Monitor

Correlate

Harden

Isolate

Enforce

Items Category Question Answer1 Firewall Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap      Virtual Firewall implementation      Number of NAT/PAT      Number of public address      Number of private address      DMZ details      Inside interface      Outside interface      Firewall Management      L2 vs L3         

2Application Layer Gateway (ALG) Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap      Applications inspected      Policy enforced         

3 Content Filtering Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap  

    Filetering based customer subnets      Government regulation         

4 Caching/proxy Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap         

5 DDOS Mitigation Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap         

6 Internet Firewall Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap         

7 Large Scale NAT Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap      IPv4 public address pool size      NAT/PAT performed      NAT 44 implemented  

   What is plan for NAT64 - stateless NAT64 or stateful NAT64?  

1.10 Network Management

Items Category Question Answer

1 NMS framework

NMS Framework - How different NMS elements (IP-RAN, packet core, MPLS core etc inter-connected)  

   IPv6 support for NMS elements from different vendors  

    Implementation of FCAPS model         

2 Syslog server Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap      Number of SNMP devices      SNMP version         

3 Configuration storage Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap      Devices managed      TFTP details         

4Remedy ticketing system Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap         

5 Change DB Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap         

6Element/Device Manager Vendor  

    Hardware platform      Software version      IPv6 capability/roadmap      Number of Device manager      Super manager         

7 SNMP Manager Vendor      Hardware platform      Software version  

    IPv6 capability/roadmap